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Automation Wins Over Spreadsheets
Automation vs. Manual
You win because you automate. While your competitors are bogged down wasting time and money on administrative work, you can jump ahead by focusing more on growing your business than managing it.
Truth is, you’re paying more for something that can be automated.
Right now, you are paying your HR manager nearly $5,000 a year just to do math and chase down timecards. Our software gives you back 100+ hours a year to focus on recruiting and employee retention, all while keeping you 100% compliant and eliminating employee time theft.
Our Platform can save you hundreds of hours in admin work.
Manual payroll and time tracking typically consume 10+ hours per month for HR teams, plus 3–5 hours weekly for managers reviewing timesheets, according to Emgage reports. Manual systems incur a 1%–8% error rate, adding ~6 minutes per timesheet to audit, while automating can reduce payroll processing time from 10+ hours to 3 minutes per cycle.
Key administrative time and cost losses include:
Timecard Auditing: Manually checking timesheets adds about 6 minutes per card per pay period.
Monthly HR Impact: HR teams waste 8–10 hours per month processing manual attendance data.
Managerial Burden: Managers spend 3–5 hours weekly on manual leave approvals and disputes.
Error Correction: Each manual payroll error can cost $291 in corrective, administrative time.
Overall Inefficiency: Employees may waste 4.5 hours per week on, or due to, inefficient administrative processes.
Employee Time Theft: Employees stealing an ave of 4.5 hours per week on, or due to, inefficient time tracking processes.
What is time theft and how can I stop it?
Time theft is the act of being compensated by an employer for work hours not actually worked, or for time spent on non-work activities. You can eliminate time theft with one easy solution -> EarnHCM
The silent killer of business revenue
A 10-employee company loses an estimated $15,000 to $35,000 per year to employee time theft, depending on the average wage and the specific method of theft.
Research from the American Payroll Association (APA) and other industry studies indicates that time theft typically accounts for 1.5% to 7% of a company's gross annual payroll.
Estimated Hours Lost per 10 Employees:
Key Statistics on Time Theft (2025–2026)
Average Time Stolen: The average employee "steals" approximately 4 hours and 5 minutes per week.
Buddy Punching Impact: Roughly 74% of employers experience payroll losses from "buddy punching" (one employee clocking in for another), which alone costs U.S. businesses $373 million annually.
Prevalence: In 2026, studies show that 43% to 49% of employees admit to some form of time theft, such as padding timesheets or taking unauthorized breaks.
Productivity Drain: Broader estimates that include non-work activities (like social media or personal tasks during work hours) suggest companies may lose up to 20% of every dollar earned to lost productivity.
How to stop time theft
To combat time theft effectively, businesses should implement a multi-faceted strategy that combines automated technology, clear policy, and a culture of accountability.
Replacing manual timesheets with EarnHCM digital time tracking software can eliminate common issues like "buddy punching" through biometric verification or GPS geofencing for remote staff.
Beyond enforcement, fostering a positive work environment, by rewarding on-time attendance and offering digital schedules, PTO requests, and transparent benefit accrual totals can reduce the motivation for theft and improve overall morale. Regularly review automated payroll alerts, like consistent unauthorized overtime and missed punches ensures these systems remain effective and that time is treated as a shared, valuable asset.
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$30/mo
+ $5 per employee
Full Service
Pay employees in minutes, access reports easily, and get state & federal payroll taxes filed and deposited automatically.
✓ Run payroll in minutes
✓ FREE 2-day direct deposit
✓ Unlimited payroll runs
✓ W-2 employees & 1099
✓ Payroll taxes filed & deposited
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$20/mo
+ $4 per employee
No tax filing
Same features as our Full Service plan, except you’re responsible for filing and depositing all payroll taxes.
Starting with any payroll package, you can seamlessly upgrade powerful add-ons such as advanced employee time tracking, efficient digital onboarding, and robust Human Resources functionalities, designed to optimize and streamline your business.
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